Band-shell for wheel-hubs



(No Model.)

H. BIG-GIN.

BAND SHELL FOR WHEEL HUBS.

No. 480,093. Patented Aug. 2, 1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Grrrcn.

HENRY HIGGIN, OF NEIVPORT, KENTUCKY.

BAND-SHELL FOR WHEEL-HUBS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 480,093, dated August 2, 1892.

Application filed April 18, 1892. Serial No. 429,581. (No model.)

To alZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY HIGGIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newport, in the county of Campbell and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Band Shells forWheel- Hubs, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a self-securing band-shell for Wheel-hubs; and the invention consists in the parts andcornbination of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side View showing one end of a banded wheel-hub provided with my improved band-shell. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the same; and Fig. 3, a longitudinal section of one end of a hub, showing my improved ban dshell extended to cover the fastening devices by wh ioh the band is secured to the hub.

A represents a wheel-hub, and B a hubband, which may be secured to the hub by screws 19 or any preferred means. I

C is a band-shell, preferably of annealed brass, adapted to take over and closely embrace the band. The shell has an inturned flange 0, adapted to take over and into the point of the band, and a groove or depression 0, adapted to take into a corresponding groove or depression I) in the band. The shell is secured to the band by pressing it thereover until the depression in the shell takes into the depression in the band, the shell having sufficient spring to insure its closing tightlyover the band. The joint thus made locks the shell in position and afiords' a simple and efficient means of securing it in position without requiring the use of special tools or machinery. The hub is more thoroughly protected and a neater finish secured when the shell is extended over substantially the entire surface of the band, thereby protecting and concealing the joints of the bands with their fastening devices. By providing the inner end of the band with an annular shoulder or bead-ring b and causing the inner end of the shell to abut against that shoulder, as shown in Fig. 3,'the openings in the band are thoroughly protected and an exceptionally cleancut appearance is obtained. The bands may be manufactured with the grooves ready out, or the grooves may be made in bands, not thus provided, by simple and inexpensive tools, thus enabling the carriagemaker to apply the shells without the necessity of providing a stock of bands especially prepared for the purpose.

In order to stiffen and strengthen the shell, I prefer to oorrugate or knurl the portion 0 between the outer extremity of the shell and the depression 0. This serves the double function of stiffening or strengthening the shell and giving it an ornamental finish. The shells heretofore made have been provided with a bead or projection to cover the bead on the hub-band. This bead or projection serves to stiffen the shell at its inner end, and is objectionable because it renders the shell liable to split while being placed in position and prevents it from conforming to the irregularities in the size or surface of the band. In the absence of such bead or projection, the shell being soft conforms to any irregularities which may have been produced in casting the band.

I claim as my invention- 1. As an article of manufacture, a shell for hub-bands, having an inturn ed flange adapted to take over the point of the hub-band and provided with an annular depression, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. As an article of manufacture,a shell for hub-bands, adapted to engage with the .point of the hub-band provided with an annular depression and having a corrugated or knnrled portion between its outer end and the annular depression, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

The combination, with a hub-band having an annular groove, of a shell adapted to engage with the point of the band and provided with an annular depression adapted to take into the groove on the band, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. The combination, with the hub-band B, having groove 1) and bead-ring D of the shellband 0, having flange 0 and depression 0'', and adapted to abut against the bead-ring of the band, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

HENRY I'IIGGIN.

Witnesses:

E ILE KAHN, JAMns N. RAMSEY. 

